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Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do not always go as planned.
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Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do not always go as planned.
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Episode 1
Jeremy Brown starts his new job as a teacher of English as a foreign language and meets his students for the first time, a diverse group of ten adults in London, hailing from nine different countries in Europe and Asia.
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Episode 2
An inspector from the local education authority arrives at the school to observe the classes, but Mr Brown mistakes him for a new student.
Guest stars Iris Sadler, Gyearbuor Asante, Elizabeth Adare
Episode 3
Ranjeet asks Mr Brown and the rest of the class to help him escape an arranged marriage with Surinder, the daughter of his father’s best friend.
Guest stars Iris Sadler, Charu Bala Chokshi, Sonny Caldinez
Episode 4
Upset that his students’ English is not improving, especially in the presence of Miss Courtney who leaves disappointed, Mr Brown keeps them after class, to the extent that they get locked in the building.
Guest stars Tommy Godfrey, Iris Sadler, George Tovey
Episode 5
Jamila is arrested for shoplifting a magazine due to her misunderstanding of the word 'free' in promotional material...
Guest stars Iris Sadler, Michael Sheard, Harry Littlewood
Episode 6
It is Mr Brown’s birthday, and everyone in the class has brought him a present - but it is not all happy returns when Miss Courtney informs him that his trial month is over and dismisses him, replacing him with a new teacher.
Guest stars Iris Sadler, Margaret Courtenay
Episode 7
In order to see how prepared they are for their upcoming exam, the students prepare to take a mock exam, failing miserably and angering Mr Brown. Seeing that their teacher has no faith in them, they decide to cheat!
Guest stars Iris Sadler
Episode 8
Celebrations as Ali and Su-Lee announce that they are to marry... but he already has a wife!
Guest stars Iris Sadler, Gail Playfair
Episode 9
Poor Jeremy is sick with the flu, so his class decide to pay him a visit hoping to cheer him up.
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Episode 10
Juan brings his Russian sailor friend Boris to class, explaining that he wants to defect and stay in England, having fallen love with a girl he just met.
Guest stars Iris Sadler, David King, Ray Marioni
Episode 11
Mr Brown finds himself in a lot of trouble when Danielle tells Mr Jarvis, a pestering woodwork teacher at the school, that she is engaged to her English teacher.
Guest stars Tommy Godfrey, Iris Sadler, Anthony Jackson
Episode 12
Could it be that Sid the Janitor is Jeremy's father ?
Guest stars Tommy Godfrey, Deirdre Costello, Rita Webb
Episode 13
The students prepare to take their Lower Cambridge Certificate exam at the end of the first term. Meanwhile, Mr Brown has a disagreement with a couple in the pub, which comes back to haunt him when it turns out that the man (Mr Short, a former principal of the school) will be supervising the exam.
Guest stars Tommy Godfrey, Deirdre Costello, George A. Cooper, Joan Heath
Episode information updated Sep 15, 2026
Barry EvansJeremy Brown
George CamillerGiovanni Capello
Ricardo MontezJuan Cervantes
Albert MosesRanjeet Singh
Robert LeeTaro Nagazumi
Kevork MalikyanMaximillian Papandrious
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